Corvin PAC Promises $2,000 Checks to Voters If He Wins

A political action committee backing Dax Corvin says it will send a $2,000 check to every registered voter in San Andreas if Corvin is elected governor.

Liftoff San Andreas, the PAC, calls the payment the "Liftoff Dividend." It says the checks would go out within 100 days of Corvin taking office. Voters sign up at campaign events or online with their name, address and voter registration number.

The PAC says 41,000 people signed up in the first 24 hours. The Corvin campaign says volunteer sign-ups doubled over the same period.

The sign-up form has an optional field that asks, "Who are you voting for?" It is filled in with "Dax Corvin" by default.

The terms on the PAC's website say the dividend is paid "up to $2,000" on a Starveil prepaid card. The card can be spent on Starveil internet service, Corvex merchandise and "future Corvex travel products." It cannot be withdrawn as cash.

There are about 4 million registered voters in San Andreas, so paying everyone would cost around $8 billion. State filings show Liftoff San Andreas has raised $38 million. A PAC spokesperson said Corvex Space Technologies would cover the rest "from future spaceport revenue."

Corvex does not have a spaceport.

Two election lawyers who reviewed the sign-up form for Weazel News said a payment that depends on who wins, collected with a question about who you plan to vote for, could break state law against buying votes. "Promising people money if your candidate wins, and asking them who they're voting for while you do it, is going to get a letter from the Secretary of State," one said.

Corvin said the PAC acts on its own, as the law requires, but he defended the idea. "It's not buying votes. It's a dividend for believing in San Andreas," he told supporters in Del Perro. "Everyone who believes gets paid. That's how liftoff works."

His opponents were less impressed. "That's my tax cut with a rocket glued to it," said John Politician. Terry Potts said the checks "come with more strings than a puppet show." Charles Dickson said: "You can't buy an election. You have to earn it." The Cranley campaign did not respond.

At the Del Perro rally, several supporters held up their sign-up receipts. "Two grand is two grand," said a retired dock worker from Elysian Island. "I'd vote for him anyway. Now I'd vote for him twice."

The Secretary of State's office said it was "aware of the program."